Raipur

Joint official team visits selected village

Staff Reporter

A joint team of District Administration and varius departmental officials visited Gontatola village of Mohala development block which has been selected for ‘Parliament Model Village Plan’.

According to the information received, District Collector Ashok Agrawal has set the target to Gontatola, Bandhatola, Chamarratola, Saalheytola, Tariatola, Aawas para and Dongritola of the Gontatola village till December 31 free from the problem of open defecationDuring the team’s visit Chief Executive Officer of District Panchayat Priyanka Shukla was informed by the villagers that small and marginal farmers and potters live in Gontatola while people belonging to weaver community live in Bandhatola.

Previously, under Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF), a training program was organised for weavers where they learnt to make furniture and other materials made up of bamboo.A total of 15 children belonging to Gontatola area are studying in Navoday School and around 20 youngsters are completing their education from Engineering and medical college.

Collector Agrawal directed the Chief Executive Officer of District Panchayat Dr Priyanka Shukla to take initiative step regarding the problem as soon as possible and he ordered to prepare a survey on how many houses have toilets in their home and whether people are using it or not.Chief Executive Officer of Public Health Engineering S N Pandey, Assistant Commissioner lalit Shukla and Deputy Director of Agricultural and Veterinarian department including other officials were present during the visit.